Information Systems Development: An Introduction to Information Systems Engineering (Macmillan Computer Science)

by PaulBeynon-Davies (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $6.00

  Revised and expanded, this book is arranged into five major parts: context, techniques, tools, methods and environmental issues. A number of new chapters are included, covering such topics as business analysis, project managment, the social dimension of information systems development, object-oriented programming and user interface development. In addition to exercises and case studies with each chapter, there is a central case study that runs through the text to which each of the major techniques discussed is applied in order to demonstrate how a coherent specification can be built for an information system. It includes a dictionary of information systems terminology.

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $76.79

  In this third edition, the author has arranged the material in five major parts: context, tools, techniques, methods, management and discipline.
  
  Within the parts, popular chapters have been retained and updated to reflect modern developments in the area of information systems development. A number of new chapters have been included on topics such as object-oriented analysis and design methods, rapid applications development and business process re-engineering.
  
  Each chapter contains a number of case studies illustrating the frameworks, techniques and concepts discussed. A number of exercises are also included to test the understanding of the material.